Chapter 143 Why not go to Beijing together?
Shen Qi nodded.
"She knows you have a house in the capital, and she's forcing me to go with you next time. It would be best if we left Guangling City and moved directly to the capital so we could hang out together every day."
Xie Yuduo began to sigh again.
"You bastard! Look at her. After all these years, she still hasn't given up on kidnapping you. I'm in danger of having my wife taken away from me every day!"
Chen Qi smiled and punched him, put the letter away, and waited for the family to have dinner together.
Yu Jing arrived early with her three children. Her husband had been busy with business in Beijing for the past six months, so she and her children lived in her brother's house.
Just as the children were sitting down noisily, Shen Ji and Xie Yushuo came in one after another.
Both of them were seventeen or eighteen years old, tall, in the prime of their youth and full of vigor and vitality.
Shen Ji is taller and stronger, and is good at riding and shooting. Yu Suo is much more cheerful than when he was a child, and is still elegant and handsome, and his writing is also better.
As soon as he entered the door, Shen Ji rushed to his sister and showed her the letter in his hand.
"Sister, brother-in-law! A letter from the Imperial College in the capital just arrived. Both of us have been selected!"
When Chen Qi heard this, he took the letter and glanced at Xie Yuduo, and found that he was also stunned.
The Imperial College was the official school of the dynasty, and generally only accepted children from prominent families in the capital, or the most outstanding students from local provinces.
In local provinces, official students had to go through layers of selection, and only one or two of the most outstanding scholars in each province could become students of the Imperial College.
Shen Ji and Yu Shuo also participated in this year's selection, but everyone knew that although they were both good at studying, they were far from the top.
What's more, he chose two at once!
The couple read it and found that it was indeed a letter from the Imperial College. Naturally, they exclaimed in praise, were overjoyed, and celebrated as a family!
But after returning to the room, Chen Qi couldn't help but grab Xie Yuduo and ask him in detail.
"Sir, could it be that you borrowed money from the Imperial College?"
Hearing Shen Qi's question, Xie Yuduo frowned and thought about it for a long time, then shook his head.
"We have a lot of money, but we don't have the Imperial College. It's hard for such a prestigious institution to ask me to borrow money."
Chen Qi originally thought that Xie Yuduo had secretly bought the place in the Imperial College with money, but unexpectedly, it was actually obtained by the two brothers through a fair and honest exam!
These two people are really so competitive!
In any case, the fact that the two of them could study in the Imperial College together was a blessing for both the Chen and Xie families.
The Imperial College wouldn't start until next spring, but that very night Chen Qi began planning to inform her family of the good news, pack their luggage, and arrange for the servants to accompany them to the capital...
As she calculated, she sighed.
"A child of only seventeen or eighteen, still so immature, is going to such a faraway place. It really makes me worried!"
Xie Yuduo was lying on the couch reading a book he hadn't finished reading during the day. He chuckled when he heard this.
"Yue'er, when I was their age, I had already been riding a horse on the mountain roads in Yunnan and Guizhou for half a year."
Chen Qi also smiled when she heard this.
"Really? I almost forgot. My husband went on a long journey when he was only seventeen or eighteen. He traveled all over the country, traversing the north and south, and earned such a huge fortune for our family with nothing..."
Every word was true, but Xie Yuduo still felt comfortable with her praise.
"Ma'am, keep a low profile, let's keep a low profile!"
Chen Qi was so amused by him that she couldn't even straighten her back.
After laughing, Xie Yuduo saw that Chen Qi was lost in thought again and was obviously still worried about her, so he threw the book aside and held her in his arms.
"Still worried?"
"Well, I always feel like they are still children."
Xie Yuduo looked at her sad expression and sighed.
"You don't look like their sister-in-law or elder sister at all. You look like their mother, like the mother of our entire family."
After hearing this, Chen Qi actually felt that there was some truth in what he said.
In her heart, this whole family, not to mention the three little snitches, even Yu Jing, Yu Suo, and Chen Ji, are all children who make her worry. She thinks about them all the time, takes care of them in everything, and always wants to do everything thoroughly.
Except for her husband, everyone is like a child she raised.
Xie Yuduo patted her back gently, feeling a little emotional.
"Yue'er, no wonder the children all kiss you and love you. You are born to be a wonderful mother. With you, this family feels like a home."
Chen Qi smiled slightly, knowing that he was still worried about the children becoming less and less close to him, so she raised her head and kissed him on the cheek, intending to comfort him.
"Yuduo, you are also the richest father in the world!"
Xie Yuduo was really amused by her and felt very happy.
"really."
In the ten years since his marriage, he has made every possible effort, choosing a good place to make money, recruiting customers from all directions, and accumulating great wealth. From south to north, herbal medicine, spices, tea, silk, jade, porcelain, money shops, freight... all rely on the business line of Mr. Xie in Guangling City.
To this day, his title as the richest man in Jiangbei is known to everyone, even in the capital city where the powerful and wealthy are everywhere.
Xie Yuduo felt comfortable with her praise. Thinking about his family's wealth, he came up with an idea.
"If you are really worried, why not accompany them to the capital."
Chen Qi smiled helplessly and rolled her eyes at him.
"I'm going with you? And leaving behind all of you scoundrels? That would be even more worrying!"
"Then let's all go, everyone go to the capital."
Shen Qi straightened up and looked at him, her eyes widening slightly.
"Huh? What do you mean, everyone goes?"
"My family. The two scholars in our family, you, this big scoundrel like me, your group of little scoundrels, Yujing, and Xiao Ling, let's go to the capital to have some fun together."
Chen Qi was half-believing and half-unbelieving.
"Really?"
"It's even more real than Pearl! Anyway, we have a ready-made house in the capital. We can have someone prepare it in advance, and we can go there as a family to spend some time together. It's a good opportunity for Yujing's family to reunite, and we can also send my brothers to the Imperial College. Once they've enrolled and settled in, and you're completely relieved, we can come back."
"If you really want to go...how long will it take?"
Xie Yuduo counted on her fingers and gave her a careful calculation.
"Since such a large family has come all this way, it will take us half a year just to settle down. Once we settle the two scholars, it will take another half a year. Since we're in the capital, you'll have to hang out with the Meng family, and I'll have to take care of the business in the capital... So, it will take about two to three years."
Chen Qi was stunned when she heard this, and began to believe that he was not joking.
"But our servants... and this house... and your big business in the province..."
Xie Yuduo smiled and pressed her head back into his arms.
"The house won't run away. Have the servants look after it at home. We'll continue to live here when we return from the capital. As for business, I already have a large business line in the capital, so I won't be idle when I go there. As for these miscellaneous things in the province, let Xiaowu keep an eye on them for a few months. Once they're sorted out, I can hand them over to the shopkeepers. These are all familiar businesses, so there won't be any big mistakes."
As Chen Qi listened, her brows furrowed.
"You asked Xiao Ling to come with us and leave Xiao Wu behind? You better not make yourself hated!"
Xie Yuduo chuckled softly.
"Only a few months. Besides, I wanted to give him a great gift, so he wouldn't dare to hate me."
Shen Qi was curious.
"What gift?"
Xie Yuduo glanced at her and smiled casually.
"What do you think?"
"Hmm... a house in the capital?"
"He already has it."
"Then... arrange a marriage for him and Xiao Ling?"
Xie Yuduo raised his eyebrows.
"Heh, can you persuade Xiao Ling?"
"Oh... then I can't guess."
"...It's a business line. I'll let him handle it alone. I won't do anything about it."
Chen Qi was not surprised and just said "hmm". With Young Master Du's ability, it was only a matter of time.
However, this gift is indeed not small, and it is more than a dozen houses in the capital.
"So how long will it take us to get to the capital this time?"
Chen Qi hates walking long distances the most. Just sitting in a car makes her dizzy. In recent years, as she has more children, she has even returned to Pingshan County less often.
"I'm not going to take a car this time. I'm going to take a boat. It's more stable."
Chen Qi looked up at him again.
"Nonsense, can you take a boat to the capital?"
"Yes. Follow the Luo River to the Grand Canal, then follow the Grand Canal all the way north."
"You've been to the capital so many times over the years, why haven't I heard you mention this route to the capital before?"
Xie Yuduo kissed her hard and smiled triumphantly.
"Because this line was newly opened by our fleet."
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